Green is the new black – so is it possible to do sustainable fashion? Clothes and accessories are so easy to come by now but there’s a dark side to production on such a mass scale. According to Forbes the fashion industry is the third most polluting industry on earth after oil and agriculture. However companies like Stella McCartney and G-Star RAW have joined forces through Fashion Positive – a new initiative aimed at accelerating innovation … [Read more...]
“First Do No Harm”
Joseph Bobrow writing for The Huffington Post discusses the USA’s troubled foreign policy and suggests a strategy which exemplifies what both Western medicine and Buddhism hold critical: "First Do No Harm". Where there is disorder - Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Libya - collaborate with regional forces to contain it. Where there is imposed order – Egypt and Algeria - work quietly with the government to try to make that order more decent. Where there … [Read more...]
Seattle Develops Nation’s First ‘Food Forest’
Seattle is leading the way by developing the nation’s first ‘food forest’ filled with hundreds of edible plants, free to anyone and everyone. Volunteers have carved the Beacon Food Forest public garden from two acres of Seattle Public Utilities. According to seattlepi.com the community-driven project has designed the space to look like a two-dimensional DNA helix from overhead with its rows of plants. The Beacon Food Forest’s mission is … [Read more...]
Netherlands Solar-Powered Illuminated Bike Lane Inspired By Van Gogh
In many places, just getting a bike lane put in can be an uphill challenge. So a solar-powered illuminated bike lane seems virtually impossible. However according to Tree Hugger that's just what you'll find in Nuenen, in the Netherlands. They’ve put in a short stretch of path (inspired by Van Gogh's painting Starry Night) that is solar powered. The path is embedded with twinkling mosaic chips coated with a special paint, it then absorbs light … [Read more...]
Can You Handle Hot Yoga?
Many claim that Bikram is a great way to beat the chill of winter. However with 26 therapeutic yoga postures and a room heated at 98.6 Fahrenheit it might not suit everyone! Body and Soul write that you can burn as much as 597 calories in one 90 minute workout as well as massaging the internal organs, and stimulating the endocrine and nervous systems so it might be worth a try - what do you think? … [Read more...]
Joint Announcement On Climate Change Is The Most Important Advance For Years
According to The A-list, the recent US-China joint announcement on climate change and energy is the most important advance for many years. China has agreed a clear target to reach a peak of CO2 emissions no later than 2030, with the intention of trying to peak earlier than 2030. The US’s failure to act decisively on its own emissions for two decades has long been defended by the Senate on the basis that the US should act only if China does as … [Read more...]
Edible Waste Free Packaging Does Exist – But Do We Want It?
Tree Hugger questions the sense of a single food item that gets consumed within seconds leaving behind a piece of packaging that will linger on Earth for years. ‘Zero Wasters’ are strict about what they buy in terms of packaging, but the majority of us need to get over the mental barrier of buying things sold loose. A Swedish company has come up with a series of food packages where the packaging has the same life span as the foods they contain. … [Read more...]
“Every Little Thing You Do Is Magic”
"Every little thing you do is magic" - Never underestimate the power of one. One little step after another consistently results in big impact. The more we each act this way and pass it along, the more we change the world one person at a time. Image credit: Joel Robison … [Read more...]
Should Torture Report Be Released?
Twelve Nobel peace prize winners have urged President Barack Obama to release a damning report by the US Senate into the use of torture in the early years of the War on Terror. In an open letter, the laureates demand “full disclosure” of the extent of American use of torture and warn the practice set an example to the world that has “made us all vulnerable”, not least American soldiers. Do you think they are right to want the report … [Read more...]
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